RCV Clips

As legislative sessions start up across the country, we're reposting our January 2019 episode all about drafting RCV legislation. Listen in for pointers on how to write clear and concise RCV bills!

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aTXcjV4V9YA1hBYhtYKHjpO1tWcVJDY8/view?usp=sharing

Original episode description:

Dave O'Brien, Staff Attorney at FairVote, joins Chris Hughes to talk about drafting effective ranked choice voting legislation.

Resource mentioned in this episode:

- Colorado's RCV Regulations: https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/rule_making/CurrentRules/8CCR1505-1/Rule26.pdf

Massachusetts voters had the opportunity to adopt ranked choice voting statewide on November 3, 2020. In this three-part series, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center dives into how the campaign came together, what it took to get on the ballot, what the campaign did to reach prospective voters, and how the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail it all.

In episode two, Jim Henderson, Joel Paul, and Liz Popolo walk through the signature-gathering campaign, from getting approval to gather signatures to a mid-campaign pivot to digital signature gathering after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MRfZm58FEjWkfQ2X4CXhZSoI0luyQzW9/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Yes on 2 campaign: http://www.yeson2rcv.com/

- Voter Choice Massachusetts: https://voterchoicema.org/

Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to adopt ranked choice voting statewide on November 3. In this three-part series, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center dives into how the campaign came together, what it took to get on the ballot, what the campaign did to reach prospective voters, and how the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail it all.

In episode one, Liz Popolo and Greg Dennis talk through the early days of Voter Choice Massachusetts, from Fall 2016 through Winter 2019. Join us as they go from a scrappy volunteer startup to a full-fledged ballot campaign.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sU1pfy6tcvd710CgQzL5kf7dl_yI8BD7/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Yes on 2 campaign: http://www.yeson2rcv.com/

- Voter Choice Massachusetts: https://voterchoicema.org/

Rosemary Blizzard, Chris Hughes, and Kelly Sechrist give an update on everything the RCVRC has planned for the rest of 2020.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ae9fUAgZ89K5myM59pLYme8--SM2zljc/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- RCVRC Tabulator (rebranded RCTab): https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab

- RCVRC new website (coming soon): http://www.rcvresources.org/

Jennifer Morrell walks us through risk-limiting audits of ranked choice voting contests in San Francisco, Alaska, Kansas, and Wyoming. We suggest listeners check out our first audits episode from October 2018 before listening to this episode. It is available at this link: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/october-2018-securing-ranked-choice-voting-elections.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YwhygC_ir2l16SxqCxa_3BdrwmHlsY3a/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Github Repository of RCV RLA software: https://github.com/michelleblom/audit-irv-cp/tree/raire-branch

- You Can Do RLAs for IRV paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.00235.pdf

There's been a lot of talk lately about how the 2020 election will look in the midst of COVID-19. While moving to an all-mail election seems like a viable answer, there are a lot of factors that will affect how Americans cast their ballots in November.

Amber McReynolds, CEO of National Vote at Home and former Director of Elections for the City of Denver, sits down with the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center to discuss her own experiences with vote-by-mail implementation and how voting by mail may look as the election officials prepare to hold elections during a pandemic.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FTUD_uf5lIJXkHqEMxVdOdG-I8KOhY00/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- National Vote at Home Institute: https://www.voteathome.org/

- Alaska RCV Primary Results: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bee0c9e4b0441ce96c4681/t/5e9275be2121991619e69679/1586656703552/AK+PRP+RCV+Display.pdf

- Hawaii RCV Primary Results: https://web.archive.org/web/20201205231237/https://hawaiidemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HawaiiDemocraticPartySOVFinalRevF.pdf

- Kansas RCV Primary Results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yMJe7AdU7vYnOWbw-X7LDZilx3_vO1Ll/view

- Wyoming RCV Primary Results: https://web.archive.org/web/20210308202235/https://www.wyodems.org/2020caucusresults

- Recommendations for running elections in a crisis - UCI Law: https://www.law.uci.edu/news/press-releases/2020/2020ElectionReport.pdf

In this segment from our 2019 Symposium, Kristen Muszynski, Director of Communications for the Maine Secretary of State, walks us through how the State of Maine educated voters for their first-ever ranked choice voting elections in 2018.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sy4wMAICeVQYnKw4Fd1S3W7ICQ-htRYn/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- RCV Education Resources page - Maine SOS: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rcv.html

- How RCV Works video - Maine SOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1APVk7SQk&feature=youtu.be

- RCV FAQ page - Maine SOS: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rankedchoicefaq.html

- RCV Fact Sheet - Maine SOS (pdf): https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/pdf/rcvfactsheet.pdf

We sent 500 ranked choice voting ballots into the lion's den: middle school classrooms. Listen in as Rosemary Blizzard and Melissa Hall talk about what the Great Middle School Election of 2019 taught us about ranked choice voting, Christmas carols, and the mind of the American middle schooler.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dQXu9V5w3Tx_aztoMVroFKha7lTWiNUy/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Great Middle School Election Ballot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MubuQC0EjL2DFDeXv2ZHZJQ_m4jrnGx4

The Great Middle School Election Ballot Survey: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pgFY1ErJOisTs6uqT8Ds901EXyXJjoK2

Introducing Ranked Choice Voting Ballots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CRG1dHBM6GEa08B82eTsJWzN7Zp77CHY/view

In this episode of RCV Clips, we mash up two older episodes of the show, Back to RCV Basics and Multi-Winner RCV, to give you RCV in a nutshell.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CC7rySnVlGvO6j7BK-xa_QRUXdb1gQ4g/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Santa Fe, NM Sample Ballots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1isCkgdsWlgQGAY8Is8egGE7dFw6k4VQR?usp=sharing

- Minneapolis, MN Sample Ballots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4yiCC4_Up5E2otxGBz8vQ79uNHucPTt?usp=sharing

- Minneapolis, MN Voter Education: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hWmm73R3GFWttilWTzLJN-U1BuCODB0R?usp=sharing

- Types of RCV page: https://www.rcvresources.org/types-of-rcv

RCVRC Webinars

- ABCs of RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/abcs-of-rcv

- Understanding Multi-winner RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/understanding-multi-winner-ranked-choice-voting

- Surveying RCV in 2019: https://www.rcvresources.org/surveying-rcv-in-2019

FairVote - Cambridge's 70-year history of multi-winner RCV: fairvote.app.box.com/v/fair-rep-cambridge-effects

FairVote - History of Multi-Winner RCV in New York City: fairvote.app.box.com/v/PR-in-NYC

Rosemary Blizzard and Chris Hughes discuss the first-ever use of ranked choice voting to remedy a Voting Rights Act (VRA) complaint in Eastpointe, Michigan this year.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZetagbSKtJDmMn8cpSIHxeNleadjjcJO/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- RCVRC Tabulator (rebranded RCTab): https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab

- Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 (1985): https://www.oyez.org/cases/1985/83-1968

- Alternative VRA Remedies - FairVote: https://www.fairvote.org/fair_voting_in_the_united_states